POCKET SERIES NO. 478 
Edited by E. Haldeman-Juliug 


Sanskrit Proverbs 

COMPILED BY CHAMPAK C. SHAH 


HAL DEM AN-JULIUS COMPANY 
GIRARD, KANSAS 





POCKET SERIES NO. 478 

Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius 

IV- J 

Sanskrit Proverbs 

Compiled by Champak C. Shah 



HALDEMAN-JULIUS COMPANY 
GIRARD, KANSAS 


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Copyright, 1923, 
Haldeman-Julius Company. 



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SANSKRIT PROVERBS. 


The blackness cannot be removed 
from charcoal by a hundred washings. 

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The stone is worn away at last. 

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Is a lamp pleasing to the blind, a song 
to the deaf, or science to the fool? 

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With fire, fire is kindled. 

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Excess is to be avoided in all things. 

Excessive friendship (causes) doubt 
of sin. 

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Too great exaltation is the cause of a 
downfall. 

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In the country where no tree is seen, 
even the castor oil plant is called a tree. 

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Servitude is the lowest occupation. 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


More is the fruit of much. 

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By performing the obsequies of an 
unclaimed corpse, the reward of ten 
million sacrifices will be obtained. 

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The destitute has God for his pro¬ 
tector. 

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Of all the senses, sight is the chief. 

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Whether he have talent or be without 
it, a companion is an additional 
strength; if deprived of husk the rice 
will not sprout. 

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After happiness, sorrow; after sor¬ 
row, happiness; happiness and sorrow 
revolve like a disc. 

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In a strong position, even a coward is 
a lion. 

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Where there is friendship, the friend 
is never far off. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 5 

Hard working men in their own busi¬ 
ness, but rogues in their master’s busi¬ 
ness. 

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A wise man gains his object; in fail¬ 
ure is foolishness. 

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A fool is honored in his own house; a 
proprietor is honored in his own vil¬ 
lage ; a king is honored in his own coun¬ 
try ; a learned man is honored every¬ 
where. 

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Having crossed yourself, get others 
across. 

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What is an excessive burden for the 
powerful? What is distant for the en¬ 
terprising? What is foreign to the edu¬ 
cated ? Who is a stranger to those who 
speak kindly? 

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Dismay, the obstacle to all enterprises, 
is by all means to be eschewed; there¬ 
fore, having discarded dismay, success 
in what is to be accomplished is at¬ 
tained. 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


An unguarded object remains safe, if 
protected by destiny; stricken by 
destiny it perishes though well guarded. 
One lives, though abandoned in a wood 
without a protector; one lives not in a 
house, though precaution be taken. 

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As much as independence extends so 
far is birth profitable; if those who are 
in subjection to others live, who are 
dead? 

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He stoops for the sake of rising; for 
the sake of living he resigns his breath; 
he becomes miserable for the sake of 
pleasure. Who is a greater fool than a 
servant ? 

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A man by his own acts goes down and 
down, or moves upwards, as the digger 
of a well, or the builder of a wall. 

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Is there anything naturally beautiful 
or not beautiful? Whatever is pleasing 
to anyone, that is beautiful for him. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


7 


Inactivity, from fear of committing 
a fault, is the mark of a coward. O 
brother, by whom is food renounced for 
fear of indigestion? 


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A thing, though made for one pur¬ 
pose, may also serve for another. 

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Gourds sink in water, but stones 
float! 

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A wet garment collects the dust 
brought to it from every side by the 
wind. 

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The thing wished for is of more im¬ 
portance than the wish. 


On seeing one thing we are reminded 
of others connected with it. 

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Action may vary, but substance can¬ 
not. 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


It is not likely that a man who could 
flee on his feet would crawl on his knees. 

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Not even a hundred injunctions could 
move a man to action as readily as the 
desire for gain. 

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It is not the fault of the post that a 
blind man cannot see it. 

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A fool’s refuge is a fool. 


One lump of clay (is moulded) into 
vessels of many forms, one lump of gold 
(is made) into ornaments of many 
shapes; (all) cow-milk is one though 
yielded by many cows; so the one Su¬ 
preme soul resides in many bodies. 

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Silence is half consent. 

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Through silence there is no quarrel, 
through vigilance there is no fear. 

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Where smoke, there fire. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


9 


As the seed, so the sprout. 

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If a man’s heart be impure, all things 
will appear hostile to him. 

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What will the Shastra do for him who 
has no sense of his own? What will a 
mirror do for him who has lost his 
eyes? 

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He (truly) lives by whom many live. 


In every country, that custom prevails 
which has come down from generation 
to generation. 


As is the perception, so is the fulfil¬ 
ment. 

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He who flees from an ill-governed 
town will live. 

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Even the favor of a man of ill-regu¬ 
lated mind is to be dreaded. 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


A discontented Brahman is lost (to 
the world) like a contented king. 


If bad men become charitable, it will 
be a cause of grief to the good. 


An evil word from a cousin is insuf¬ 
ferable. 

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Non-injury is the highest religion. 


The form is small, the qualities are 
great. 

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The observance of ordinances is the 
first duty. 

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When-the goddess of wealth came, it 
was like the water in a coconut; when 
she departed it was like the wood-apple 
eaten by an elephant. 

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They know not their own defects who 

search for the defects of others. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


11 


He who looks upon all living beings 
as upon himself, sees. 

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The heart of the wise is soft as a 
lotus flower in prosperity, but in ad¬ 
versity it is as firm as a mountain rock. 

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Trees loaded with fruit are bent 
down; the clouds when charged with 
fresh rain hang down near the earth: 
even so good men are not uplifted 
through prosperity. Such is the natural 
character of the liberal. 

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A ball, though it fall to the ground, 
flies up again by the strokes of the 
hand. Even so the misfortunes of good 
men are not often lasting. 

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The tree that is cut down grows 
again; the moon that wanes after a time 
waxes again. Thus do wise men reflect 
and, though distressed, are not over¬ 
whelmed. 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


It is not the fault of the spring* that 
the leafless tree does not produce leaves; 
it is not the fault of the sun that the 
owl cannot see by day; it is not the fault 
of the raincloud that the drops do not 
fall into the cuckoo’s mouth. Who shall 
reverse that which fate has written on 
the forehead of each? 

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The constant man loses not his vir¬ 
tue in misfortune. A torch may point 
towards the ground, but its flame will 
still point upwards. 

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The wise must be respected, even 
when the advice they give us is not suit¬ 
able. 

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Want of practice (makes) science 
poison, indigestion (makes) food poison. 

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Those without a leader perish; those 
with a youthful leader perish; those 
with a female leader perish: those with 
manv leaders r>pWoV> 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


13 


When the mind is grieved and uncon¬ 
soled, all is disgust. 

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Bodies are transitory, riches are not 
lasting; death is always at hand; (there¬ 
fore) virtue should be practiced. 

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The strength of men is rooted in food. 

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The body, form and sense depend 
upon the food. 

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A plan considered (by man) in one 
way is considered by God in another. 

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Although unasked, you should speak 
auspiciously. 

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Learning depends on practice, intel¬ 
lect on former deeds; whealth follows 
exertion, and success, good fortune. 


This pomp is for the protection of the 
clout. 



A stick has ten uses. 


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Where frogs are the croakers, there 
silence is becoming. 

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Liberality, sweetness of speech, cour¬ 
age, judgment, these four natural quali¬ 
ties are not attained by practice. 

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The defect of poverty is the destroyer 
of a host of virtues. 

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Complaisance empties the purse. 

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Though he be adorned with learning, 
a bad man is to be shunned; is a snake 
adorned with a gem not to be feared? 
(A jewel is said to be found in the head 
of a snake.) 

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The king is the strength of the weak, 
crying is the strength of children. 


A wicked wife, a false friend, a serv¬ 
ant with pride and living in a house 
with a snake are (causes of) death, 
without doubt. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


15 


Mountains-are beautiful at a distance, 
rugged when near. 

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A foul-mouthed man, a man without 
employment, a low fellow, a revengeful 
man—these four are base from their 
evil deeds; the base-born are better. 

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The foot should be placed (on a spot) 
seen to be clean, water should be drunk 
after having been strained through a 
cloth; a word should be spoken with 
truth, (a business) should be done with 
consideration. 

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The way of justice is mysterious. 

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Courage is in all things a means (of 
success). 

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It is not a house they call the house, 
but the housewife. 


No relative is equal to learning; no 
enemy is equal to disease; no aftection 
is equal to that for a child; there is no 
Dower greater than that of Fate. 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


Better is the edge of a sword, or to 
live under a tree—better is it to beg, to 
starve, or even to fall into the dreadful 
hell, than to depend on a purse-proud 
relation. 

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Even if the sun should rise in the 
west, even if the lotus should bloom on 
the peaks of the mountains, even if 
Meru should shake, even if fire should 
feel cold—the words of the good will 
surely never fail. 


The ocean is the course of rivers. 

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A greater gift than that of food, has 
not been and will not be; by food this 
whole world, animate and inanimate, is 
sustained. 


To quarrel with a man of good speech 
is better than to converse with a man 
of rude address. 


Man is the slave of money. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


17 


Wealth stops at the house, friends 
and relatives at the grave; good deeds 
and evil deeds follow the dying man. 


Those eager to amass wealth regard 
neither priests nor relations; those eager 
to indulge lust feel neither fear nor 
shame; those eager in the pursuit of 
knowledge care not for comfort or 
sleep; those eager to satisfy hunger re¬ 
gard neither the flavor nor the cookery. 


There is pain in acquiring wealth, 
pain in preserving what has been ac¬ 
quired, pain in its loss, and pain in ex¬ 
penditure—why have such a receptacle 
of sorrow? 

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Little learning, much pride. 


A small beginning is good. 


(The reward) of deeds done, be they 
good or evil, will assuredly be received. 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


There is no doing of a thing done; 
there is no* death for a dead man; there 
is no (advantage in) grief for that 
which is passed—this is the opinion of 
the learned in Vedas. 

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The voice is the beauty of cuckoos; 
chastity is the beauty of women; learn¬ 
ing is the beauty of the deformed; pa¬ 
tience is the beauty of ascetics. 

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Anger is a cause of sin. 

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Success in an undertaking rests in 
the strength of the great man, not in 
the means. 

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The serpent is cruel; a wicked man is 
cruel; a wicked man is more cruel:—a 
serpent yields to spells and medicines, 
but by what can a wicked man be 
checked ? 

© © © 

For the wicked and the evil, the rem¬ 
edy is of two kinds:—either to disgrace 
them by strategy, or to leave them at a 
distance. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS l‘J 

Repairing the tank-bung after the 
water has escaped! 

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An appreciator of good qualities is 
pleased with a good man, but no pleas¬ 
ure (is experienced) by the bad man; 
the bee goes from the forest to the lotus, 
but not so the frog, though he lives 
with it. 

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Loss of intelligence is not to be ap¬ 
prehended in one of resolute habits, al¬ 
though ill-treated. A flame of fire 
though reversed never goes downward. 

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If a jewel worth placing in a golden 
ornament is set in lead, it neither tinkles 
nor shines. 

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By wise people an appropriate ob¬ 
servation is accepted even from a child. 
On the invisibility of the sun, is not the 
light of a lamp availed of? 

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The tempest does not uproot tender 
grasses, which bend quite low. It 
throws down, indeed, lofty trees. The 
great expend valor only on the great. 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


A king should not tolerate even his 
children breaking his commands; else 
what difference is there between a king 
and the picture of a king. 

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From thieves, from officials, from 
enemies, from the king’s favorite, and 
from his own avarice, a king should pro¬ 
tect his subjects, like a father. 


The dexterous make even untruths ap¬ 
pear truths; as people skilled in paint¬ 
ing can make hollows and eminences on 
a level surface. 


In case of misfortune, in going on a 
wrong course, and on the opportunities 
for efficacious action passing away; a 
friendly man, even unasked, should ut¬ 
ter useful advice. 


A man should not enter into alliance 
^ith his enemy, even with the tightest 
bonds of union. Water made ever so 
hot, will still quench fire. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


21 


Birds and beasts unite from motives 
of convenience; fools from fear and stu¬ 
pidity; and just men at sight. 

© © © 

Although friendship between good 
men be interrupted, still their principles 
remain unaltered. The stalk of the lotus 
may be broken, and the fibres remain 
connected. 

© © © 

A man should abandon that country, 
wherein there is neither respect, nor 
employment, nor connections, nor the 
advancement of science. 

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Whether a child, or an old man, or a 
youth, come to thy house, he is to be 
treated with respect; for of all men, thy 
guest is the superior. 


A pleasant countenance, and a mien 
without pride; great attention to what 
is said, and sweetness of speech; a great 
degree of kindness, and the appearance 
of awe; are always tokens of a man’s 
attachment- 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


A man of nice feelings willingly en- 
countereth death, rather than submit to 
poverty. A fire meeteth extinction, 
before it will yield to be cold. 

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Thou seest the fire burning on the 
mountain, but not that which is under 
thy very feet! 

© © © 

Poisoned wounds will not heal with¬ 
out the use of the lancet. 

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Not even by the most thorough ex¬ 
amination, could one distinguish be¬ 
tween black and white, in intense dark¬ 
ness. 

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He who performs an action will him¬ 
self reap the fruit thereof. 

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When brothers divide wealth they 
themselves become divided. 

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The meaning of an ambiguous ex¬ 
pression is to be determined from the 
context. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


23 


If a man with eyes is led by some¬ 
body else, it is clear that he does not 
see with his eyes! 


Here is another boil on the top of a 
previous one! 

© © © 

On one side a tiger, on the other a 
precipice! 

© © © 

Like salt on a wound. 

© © © 

The very same face which looks large 
in a large mirror, appears small in the 
pupil of the eye. 


The virtuous man appreciates virtue, 
the bad man appreciates it not; the 
strong man, and not the feeble, under¬ 
stands strength; the cuckoo, and not the 
crow, feels the influence of the spring; 
the elephant, and not the mouse, justly 
values the strength of the lion. 

© © © 

You should practice virtue as if death 
had seized you by the hair. 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


Sorrow is the fever of men. 



By slitting the ears and cutting the 
tail, a dog is but a dog—not a horse, not 
an ass. 



One should act according to the peo 
pie’s voice. 

© © © 


To him who is born, death is certain. 


A son-in-law is the tenth planet. (A 
troublesome fellow.) 

© © © 


You may kill him who wishes to kill 
you. 





You may kill a man on the field of 
battle who attempts to kill you though 
he be learned in the Vedanta; you will 
not by that become a Brahman-slayer. 



The commentary requires a commen¬ 
tary. 




SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


25 


He is wise whose wrath is limited by 
his power. 

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Life goes day by day. 

By delay (in using it) nectar becomes 
poison. 

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Desire upon desire (causes) the 
greatest sorrow; contentment, the great¬ 
est happiness. 

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In eating and in business he who dis¬ 
cards modesty will be best off. 

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Food is provided with the birth of 



The Lord’s creation is His mere will. 


In a good man, wrath (lasts) for a 
moment; in a middling man, for two 
hours; in a base man, for a day and 
night; in a great sinner, until death. 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


After the stream has been crossed 
what is the use of the boat on the other 
side? 

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The forsaking of one who has gone 
out of the right way is enjoined. 


The desires of the poor spring up and 
perish. 

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Perseverance, daring, courage, wis¬ 
dom, strength and valor—where these 
six are, there is God. 


Superiority is not in seniority; su¬ 
periority is attributed to virtue. 


After a fever, a purge. 

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Wives can be procured in all coun¬ 
tries, and relatives as well, but I see not 
a country where there is a brother born 
of the same womb. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


27 


Death is the punishment of a robber; 
the punishment of a harlot is shaving 
the head; the punishment of a friend is 
not speaking to him. 

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A fool looks well at a distance with 
his flowing garments; a fool shines so 
long as he says nothing. 

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Cotton is lighter than grass and a 
beggar is lighter (more insignificant) 
than cotton—why is he not carried 
away by the wind? “Lest he should beg 
of me” (fears the wind). 

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Who has reached the limit of desire. 

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You should forsake a man for the 
sake of your family; you should forsake 
your family for the sake of your vil¬ 
lage; you should forsake your village 
for the sake of your country; you should 
forsake the earth for the sake of your¬ 
self. 

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It is better to wander in a mountain- 
pass with the wild beasts than to live 
in the palace of the gods with a fool. 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


Perceiving the transitory world to be 
like a mirage, one should associate with 
the good for the sake of virtue, and for 
the sake of happiness. 

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The man who is entirely ignorant is 
easily guided: the wise man is still more 
easily led: but even the Supreme Being 
himself cannot influence the smatterer. 


There are two uses both for a gar¬ 
land of flowers and also for a wise 
man—they may be exalted on the head 
or wither in the forest. 

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The lion, though young, attacks the 
elephant infuriated with passion. The 
energy of the noble-minded man pro¬ 
ceeds from his natural disposition, not 
from his youth. 

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Giving, consuming, and loss, are the 
three ways by which wealth is dimin¬ 
ished. The man who neither gives nor 
spends has vet the third wav open to 
him 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


29 


A king full of wrath hath no friend. 
The sacred fire burns even the priest 
who offers the sacrifice if he touches it. 


Deer, fish and virtuous men, who only 
require grass, water and peace in the 
world, and wantonly pursued by hunts¬ 
men, fishermen and envious people. 

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The king who makes prosperity de¬ 
pendent on a minister, on the happen¬ 
ing of calamity sinks, like the blind 
without guides. 

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Although committing faults, he who 
is beloved is indeed beloved; to whom is 
the body not dear, although defiled by 
endless imperfections? 


A bad person reverts to his natural 
character even while being assiduously 
well treated: as a dog’s tail, with all 
expedients of warming and anointing, 
remains bent. 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


How can the promotion and honour 
of the vile conduce to conciliation? 
Poison-trees, though watered with nec¬ 
tar, do not bear wholesome fruits. 

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Any bad person acquires lustre from 
the beauty of his patron; like smutty 
collyrium applied to the eye of a lovely 
woman. 

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In sandal trees there are serpents. In 
the waters with lotuses there are also 
alligators. There are no unobstructed 
pleasures. 

© © © 

When in peace he should perceive 
nothing beneficial to himself; then the 
wise man dies combating with the 
enemy. 

© © © 

Knowledge is the most precious treas¬ 
ure of all things, because it can never 
be given away, nor stolen, nor con¬ 
sumed. 

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A good man may fall, but he falls as 
a ball; an ignoble man falls like a lump 
of clay. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


31 


Learning to the inexperienced is a 
poison; eating upon a full stomach is 
a poison; the society of the vulgar is a 
poison. 

© © © 

A fool too may shine in the assembly, 
dressed in fine garments; he shineth no 
longer, however, than he holdeth his 
tongue. 

© © © 

If, by the decree of fate, the world 
were ever to become deprived of lotuses, 
would the swan scratch at the dust-heap 
like the cock? 

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A thing done at a wrong time would 
be regarded as not done. 

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The tip of a finger cannot be touched 
by itself. 

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From seeing smoke rising from one 
house we do not infer that there is a 
fire in another house. 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


Fruitful trees bend down, men of 
wisdom stoop;—a dry stick and a fool 
can be broken but not bent. 

© © © 

No pleasure is obtained without pain. 

© © © 

There is no greater sin than a lie. 

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A husband is the ornament of women. 

© © © 

There is no village—how can there be 
a boundary? 

There is no learning—how can there 
be fame? 

There is no wisdom—-how can there 
be salvation? 

There is no faith—how can there be 
understanding? 

© © © 

What is the use of oil to an extin¬ 
guished lamp? What is the use of care 
after the thief has gone? 

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A mean fellow promises and does not; 
a good man promises not, but does. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


33 


Wood is beautified by chiseling; cop¬ 
per is polished by tamarind; the road is 
cleansed by the wind. 

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The rivers themselves drink not 
(their) water, nor do the trees eat 
(their own) sweet fruit; the clouds eat 
not the crops—the riches of the good 
are (employed) for the benefit of oth¬ 
ers. 


Proficiency in advising others is easy 
to all men; few are the great men who 
themselves practice virtue. 

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One interested in our welfare is a 
relative, though a stranger; one in¬ 
jurious is a stranger, though a relative; 
disease is hurtful, though born in our 
body; medicine is beneficial though pro¬ 
duced in a forest. 

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Sorrow for (the loss of) a father 
(lasts) six months; sorrow for a mother, 
a year; sorrow for a wife until a sec¬ 
ond wife (comes) ; sorrow for a son, 
for ever. 


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SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


A man of evil repute is, though liv¬ 
ing, as one dead. 

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In the absence of men, all women are 
chaste. 

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Learning, in the book, is not learn¬ 
ing, and money in the hand of another 
is not money when the time (of need) 
arises. 

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Knowledge of the possibility of the 
act is an inseparable motive to perse¬ 
verance. 

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Keeping away from the mire is better 
than washing it off. 

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Even at the cost of his life, one should 
preserve his honor; life is transient, 
honor is as lasting as the moon and 
stars. 

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Union, indeed, proves the possibility 
of separation; just as birth does the ap¬ 
proach of inevitable death. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


35 


As one piece of wood and another 
piece of wood may meet together in the 
ocean; and, having met, may part again, 
—such-like is the meeting of human be¬ 
ings. 

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As the streams of rivers flow on, and 
return not; so also day and night for¬ 
ever proceed, taking with them the life 
of mortals. 

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The soul is a river, whose holy conflu¬ 
ence is self-restraint, whose water is 
truth, whose bank is morality, whose 
waves are compassion. Here perform 
ablutions, 0 son of Pandu! The inward 
soul is not purified by water. 

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A king should not make war upon 
many opponents at once. Even a fierce 
serpent is infallibly destroyed by 
swarming insects. 

@ 

A wicked person is like an earthen 
pot, easy to break and hard to join to¬ 
gether again; but a good person, like a 
vessel of gold, is hard to sever, but 
quickly to be united. 


3fi SANSKRIT PROVERBS 

For a mind spoiled by the wicked 
there is no confidence even in the good. 
Does not a child scalded by porridge eat 
even curds after they have been blown 
upon. 

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The covetous should be won over with 
money; the haughty, by joining the 
hands; a fool, by humoring his inclina¬ 
tion ; a wise man, with truth. 

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A crane's meditation! (Cranes ap¬ 
pear to be meditating when they are 
ready to pounce on the fish.) 

^ ^ 

A drop is as the ocean (to the good) • 
the ocean is as a single drop (to th 
base). 

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0 friend! the serpent only knows the 
serpent’s feet. 

@ @ @ 

The cuckoo feels no pride in the pos¬ 
session of a delicious mango; a frog is 
set a croaking by a gulp of muddy 
water. 



SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


37 


A king perceives by his ears, the 
learned by their intellect; a beast per¬ 
ceives by scent, and fools by the past. 

© © © 

Even a single lion tears to pieces a 
herd of mad elephants. 

• © © 

The mind of men is the cause of bond¬ 
age and release. 

© © © 

Enmities end with death. 

© ® ® 

Flesh is increased by flesh. 


It is possible to stop fire with water, 
rain and heat with an umbrella, an ele¬ 
phant with a sharp hook, a bull or ass 
with a stick, a disease with medicines, 
and venom by the use of various spells; 
for everything there is a remedy pro¬ 
vided in the Shatres —but there is no 
cure for the headstrong. 


A reasonable word should be received 
even from a child or a oar rot 


38 


Sanskrit proverbs 


The peacock is in the mountain and 
the clouds in the sky; at the distance of 
a hundred thousand vojanas is the sun, 
and the lotus is in the water; two hun¬ 
dred thousand yojanas away is the 
moon from its friend, the lily—what is 
dear to one’s heart 'is not far off. 

© © © 

A son should be treated as a prince 
for five years, as a servant for ten years 
and, from his sixteenth year on, as a 
friend. 

© © © 

The king must answer for his coun¬ 
try’s sin; the priest for the king’s sin; 
the husband for the wife’s sin, and the 
Guru for the disciple’s sin. 

© © © 

Fasting is the best medicine. 

© © © 

Modesty is the ornament of women. 

© © © 

The spring is the youth of trees, 
wealth is the youth of men, beauty is 
the youth of women, intelligence is the 
youth of the young. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 39 

Better that a man's learning should 
die with him than that it should be 
thrown away on the foolish. 

® ® @ 

The gem of learning is great wealth, 
it cannot be shared by cousins, nor lost 
by robbery, nor exhausted by liberality. 

® © © 

A sick man is the best subject for a 
physician, and an active emissary for 
the officers of government; fools are 
the support of the learned, and a man 
of secrecy suits a king. 

®' @ ® 

A wise man may strive to conquer, 
but he should never fight; because vic¬ 
tory, it is observed, cannot be constant 
to both the combatants. 

© ® ® 

One who is master of ever so little art 
may be able, on a great occasion, to root 
up trees with as much ease as the cur¬ 
rent of a river the reeds and grass. 

© ® © 

A store of grain, O king! is the best 
of stores. A gem cast into the mouth 
will not support life. 


40 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


A patient will never recover his health 
merely from the description of a medi¬ 
cine. 



© * 


An enemy’s army which has been 
harassed for a long time, may be easily 
defeated. 

® @ © 


The alligator, matchless as he is, when 
he quitteth the water is without power. 
Were even the lion to forsake the for¬ 
ests, he would doubtless be upon a level 
with the jackal. 


© © 


An alliance may be formed with an 
assisting enemy, but not with an injur¬ 
ing friend. Helping and injuring is 
alone worthj^ to be regarded as the dis¬ 
tinguishing characteristics of these two. 



How can there be the displacing of 
one who is already invested with au¬ 
thority? Favor conferred on the low, 
O king! is like an impression on the 
sands 




SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


41 


Forbearance towards both an enemy 
and a friend is, of a truth, the ornament 
of ascetics; but towards offending be¬ 
ings it is, verily, for kings, a defect. 

© © @ 

As long as a danger is not arrived, so 
long there should be apprehension about 
it; perceiving the danger arrived, one 
should attack it fearlessly. 

© © © 

One not in his own place is destroyed 
by even an insignificant enemy; an alli¬ 
gator, though very small in water, drags 
in even an elephant. 

© © @ 

Neither gift of land, nor gift of gold, 
nor gift of cattle, nor gift of food, is as 
the gift of security from danger. 

© © © 

Day by day Death approaches nearer 
the vicinity of a living creature; just 
as slaughter to a victim being led along 
step by step. 

© © © 

What benefit is there in a son who is 
neither learned nor virtuous? Of what 
use is a sightless eve 9 


42 SANSKRIT PROVERBS 

One child of genius is a blessing; not 
so even a hundred fools. A single moon 
dispelleth darkness better than a host 
of stars. 

@ @ 

Fortune attendeth that lion amongst 
men who exerteth himself. They are 
weak men who declare fate the sole 
cause. 

# © © 

As the chariot will not move upon a 
single wheel, even so fate succeedeth 
not without human exertion. 

® © © 

As the potter formeth the lump of 
clay into whatever shape he liketh, even 
so may a man regulate his own actions. 

® © © 

As a piece of glass, from the vicinity 
of gold, acquireth the color of a topaz; 
so a fool may derive some consequence 
from the presence of a wise man. 

@ @ @ 

In a noble race, levity without virtue 
is seldom found. In a mine of rubies, 
when shall we find pieces of glass? 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


43 


No man beholdeth prosperity who 
doth not encounter danger; but having 
encountered danger, if he surviveth, he 
beholdeth it. 

, © © © 

Learning is honored by kings, not 
wealth; one void of learning is a beast. 

I JP 1 © © ' © 

The learned only know the labor of 
the learned, the barren woman knows 
not the great pains of childbirth. 

© © © 

In the time of calamity, the sense is 
perverted. 

© © © 

Fortitude in misfortune, forbearance 
in prosperity, eloquence in the assembly, 
valor in battle, eagerness in (seeking) 
fame, attention in the Vedas —these are 
natural to a great man. 

© © © 

Silence is the ornament of the igno¬ 
rant. 

© © © 

It is not right for one to cut down 
even a poisonous tree which he himself 
has reared. 


44 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


Poison is the remedy for poison. 


Nectar should be taken out of poison; 
a well-spoken word should be received 
even from a youth; rectitude should be 
acknowledged even in an enemy; and 
gold should be taken even out of filth. 


Proclaiming the name of a son before 
he is born. (Counting your chickens 
before they are hatched.) 

© © © 

Better a doubtful condition of things 
than a crushing defeat. 

© © © 

One who leans on a blind man will 
fall with him at every step. 


Crying in wilderness, 
fort.) 



(Wasted ef- 


Failing to obtain a lovely woman, af¬ 
fection is shown towards animals. 


© © © 

He who has the want, the power and 
the wit, has the rie-ht 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


45 


That which at the beginning and at 
the end has no (real) existence has none 
eitlier during the intervening period. 

© © © 

It is unwise to quarrel with that on 
which one's livelihood depends. 

© © © 

Bare assertion is no proof of the mat¬ 
ter asserted. 

© © © 

Whilst avoiding one kind of fallacy, 
another kind appears. 

© © © 

Behold the difference between the one 
who eateth flesh, and he to whom it be¬ 
longed! The first hath a momentary 
enjoyment, whilst the latter is deprived 
of existence! 

© © © 

There is no one the friend of another; 
there is no one the enemy of another: 
friends, as well as enemies, are created 
through our transactions. 

© © © 

A friend may be known in adversity, 
a hero in battle, an honest man in a 
loan, a wife when riches are spent, and 
a relation in trouble. 


46 SANSKRIT PROVERBS 

/ 

A man should forsake such a friend 
as speaketh kindly to his face, and be¬ 
hind his back defeateth his designs. He 
is like a pot of poison with a surface of 
milk. 

© © © 

A man should not form any ac¬ 
quaintance, nor enter into any amuse¬ 
ments, with one of an evil character. 
A piece of charcoal, if it be hot, burn¬ 
etii ; and if cold, it blackeneth ‘the hand. 

@ © © 

Even amongst brutes, confidence is 
perceived in those in-whose every action 
there is innocence. The innate disposi¬ 
tion of the good doth not vary from the 
principles of integrity. 

© © © 

The mind of a good man doth not 
alter, even when he is in distress. 

© © © 

The poison of a scorpion is in his tail; 
the poison of a fly is in his head; the 
poison of a serpent is in his fang; the 
poison of a bad man is in his whole 
body. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


47 


Useless is rain to the sea, and useless 
is food to one satisfied; useless is a gift 
to a rich man, useless is youth to a poor 

man. 

f/ - © © © 

In a fight between bulls, the calf’s 
leg is broken. 

© © © 

Leave off a hundred (works) and eat. 
In a hundred, one hero is found; in a 
thousand, one Pandit . 

© © © 

The body is the abode of diseases. 

© © © 

Moral rectitude is everywhere an or¬ 
nament. 

^o|* 

Do today what must be done tomor¬ 
row. 

© © © 

Of the six flavors, salt is the chief. 

© © © 

Good men are energetic in seeking the 
good of others. 

© © © 

Food should be eaten with affection. 


48 SANSKRIT PROVERBS 

Vice and virtue spring from associa¬ 
tion. 

© © © 

In the world’s ocean is grief. 

© © © 

The good are always ready to be the 
upholders of the good in their misfor¬ 
tunes. Elephants even are wont to bear 
the burthens of elephants who have 
sunk in the mire. 

© © © 

As often as thou shalt be deprived of 
the society of the good, so often shalt 
thou fall into the company of knaves. 

© © © 

A friend, who is so by nature, is the 
gift of Providence. Such unfeigned 

friendship is not extinguished, even in 
misfortunes. 

© © © 

A man who, having well compared his 
own strength or weakness with that of 
others and after ail doth not know the 
difference, is easily overcome by his 
' "emies. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


49 


Friends, tainted with the lust of gain, 
are everywhere to be found in times of 
prosperity; and adversity is their touch¬ 
stone. 


He who forsakes a certainty, and de¬ 
pends on an uncertainty loses both the 
certainty and the uncertainty together. 

© © © 

Those who are aware of it can inter¬ 
pret the mind from the changes of the 
eyes and other members; and even by 
the report of shape and complexion. 


The moon is the light of the night, 
the sun is the light of the day; virtue 
is the light of the three worlds; a good 
son is the light of the family. 


Say, what does not good association 
do for men ? It removes the dullness of 
their intellects; it sprinkles truth in 
their speech; it gains the highest hon¬ 
ors for them; expels sin from them; it 
purifies their mind, and spreads their 
fame towards all quarters. 


50 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


Speak the truth, and speak to please; 
speak not the truth, to displease; speak 
not untruth, to please; this is eternal 
virtue. 

© © © 

A friend can be gained by transpar¬ 
ency (of conduct) ; an enemy, by pru¬ 
dence and power; a miser, by money; a 
master, by service; a Brahman, by kind¬ 
ness ; a young wife, by tenderness; rela¬ 
tives, by patience; a passionate man, by 
praise; a priest, by reverence; a fool, 
by stories; a wise man, by learning; a 
man with a taste, by humoring him; 
and all, by good conduct. 

© © © 

The effect of music is but immediate. 

© © © 

If there be great learning, what of 
mc::ey? if there be an ill name, what 

of death? 

© © © 

A thief’s offer of his limbs for ex¬ 
amination when the gold has been found 
under his armpit! 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


51 


A hyena does not find a suitable op¬ 
ponent in a young fawn. 

© © © 

Who befriends, he is a relation; who 
supports, he is a father ; he is a friend, 
in whom there is confidence; she is a 
wife, in whom there is pleasure. 


A lamp will not throw light on an ob¬ 
ject before it is (lighted and) brought 

in. 

© © © 

Anything that has been made is not 
eternal. 

© © © 

He who causes a thing to be done is 
the real doer of it. 

© © © 

Running away through fear of a scor¬ 
pion, he falls into the jaws of a poison¬ 
ous snake! (From the frying pan into 
the fire.) 

© © © 

The snake stupified by its own poison 
bites its own body. 


52 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


When the loss of all is impending, a 
wise man will give up half. 

© © © 

All hath been read, all hath been 
heard, and all hath been followed by 
him, who having put his hope behind 
him, dependeth not upon expectation. 

© © © 

Giving with kind words, knowledge 
without pride, heroism accompanied by 
clemency, and wealth with liberality, are 
four excellences hard to be found. 

© © © 

Men of philosophic minds do not long 
for what is not attainable, and are not 
willing to lament what is lost; neither 
are they wont to be embarrassed in 
times of calamity. 

© © • 

As frogs to the pool, as birds to a lake 
full of water; so doth every species of 
wealth necessarily flow to the hands of 
him who exerteth himself. 

© © © 

For the belly’s sake many disguises 
are assumed. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


53 


Men who are acquainted with their 
own nature pass their days, until the 
period of death, in gladness. 

© © © 

Man should not be over anxious for a 
subsistence, for it is provided by the 
Creator. The infant no sooner droppeth 
from the womb, than the breasts of the 
mother begin to stream. 

i©i 

He, by whom the geese were formed 
white, parrots were stained green, and 
peacocks painted of various hues—even 
He will provide for their support 

© © © 

Endeavor makes the man, 

© © © 

Fortune favors the persevering and 
stout-hearted. 

© © © 

By doing good to base men, evil re¬ 
sults; the drinking of milk is to snakes 
only an increasing of poison. 

© © © 

That which is possible by stratagem 
is ^nt possible by vaW 



54 SANSKRIT PROVERBS 

In hot weather, (people say) “Let 
there be cold”; in cold weather, “Let 
there be great heat.” 

© © © 

Debt, a sore and a stain will be ef¬ 
faced in time. 

One commits sin, many persons suf¬ 
fer the consequences. 

© © © 

A chariot will not go on one wheel. 

© © © 

The flowers of the fig tree, a white 
colored crow, a fish’s foot in the water, 
one may see—but not what is in a 
woman’s mind. 

© © ♦© 

Whom on earth will a handsome 
woman not subdue? 

© © © 

Concealment itself reveals the wishes. 

© © © 

Barren as a plantain, barren as a 
crow. 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


55 


The crow is black, the cuckoo is 
black; there is no difference between the 
cuckoo and the crow: but as spring 
nights appear, the crow is a crow,- the 
cuckoo a cuckoo. 


@ © © 

Day and night, evening and morning, 
winter and spring, come again and 
again; time sports, life goes, but never¬ 
theless the chain of desire loosens not. 


The ways of time are capricious. 


He (truly) lives, who has acquired 
fame. 

© © @ 

As a family (is ruined) by a bad son. 

© @ @ 

The production of a flower in a 
flower, has never been heard of, nor 
seen. 


A miser’s wealth goes by fire, rob¬ 
bers, and kings. 


56 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


To those who are fallen into misfor¬ 
tunes, what was a blessing becometh an 
evil: to a child in confinement, its 
mother's knee is a binding post. 


Fortitude in adversity, and modera¬ 
tion in prosperity; eloquence in the sen¬ 
ate, and courage in the field; great 
glory in renown, and labor in study; are 
the natural perfections of great minds. 

$§£ 

A combination even of small things 
serveth an occasion. A mad elephant 
may be bound with a few straws, when 
formed into a rope. 

@ © 

Men are the same as other animals, 
in eating, sleeping, fearing and propa¬ 
gation. Reason, alone, is man’s superior 
distinction. Deprived of reason, he is 
upon an equality with the brutes. 

® 

Like milk and water. (Close friend¬ 
ship.) 


SANSKRIT PROVERBS 


57 


Hospitality is commanded to be exer¬ 
cised, even towards an enemy, when he 
cometh to thine house. The tree does 
not withdraw its shade, even from the 
wood-cutter. 


© © © 

Fire burns forests and wind is a 
friend (assists) ; but that very wind 
proves destructive to the lamp. W 1 10 is 
honored when reduced (in circum¬ 
stances). 


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Gorki. 

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286 When Puritans Ruled. 
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69 Life of Mary, Queen 
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Vol. 2. Mordell. 

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94 Trial and Death of 
Socrates. 

65 Meditations of Aurelius. 
64 Eucken: Life and 
Philosophy. 

4 Age of Reason. Paine. 
55 Spencer. Life and 
Works. 

44 Aesop’s Fables. 

165 Discovery of Future. 
Wei's. 

96 Dialogues. Plato. 

325 Essence of Buddhism. 
103 Pocket Theology. 
Voltaire. 

132 Foundations of 
Religion. 

138 Studies in Pessimism. 
Schopenhauer. 

211 Idea of God in Nature. 
Mill. 

212 Life and Character. 
Goethe. 

200 Ignorant Philosopher. 
Voltaire. 

101 Thoughts of Pascal. 

210 Stoic Philosophy. 

Murray. 

224 God: Known and Un¬ 
known. Butler. 

19 Nietzsche: Who He 
Was. 


SERIES 

204 Sun Worship. Tichenor. 
207 Olympian Gods. 
Tichenor. 

184 Primitive Beliefs. 

153 Chinese Philosophy of 
Life. 

30 What Life Means to 
Me. London. 

Poetry 

294 Sonnets From 
Portuguese. 

Browning. 

3 46 Old English Ballads. 
296. Lyric Love. Robert 
Browning. 

301 Sailor Chanties and 
Cowboy Songs. 

Finger. 

351 Memories of Lincoln. 
Whitman. 

2 98 Today’s Poetry. 
Anthology. 

365 Odes of Horace. Vol. 1. 

366 Odes of Horace. Vol. 2. 
9 Great English Poems. 

152 Kasidah. Burton. 

2 83 Courtship of Miles 

Standish. 

282 Rime of Ancient 
Mariner. 

317 L’Allegro. Milton. 

29 7 Poems. Southey. 

3 29 Dante’s Inferno. Vol. 1. 
33 0 Dante’s Inferno. Vol. 2. 
306 Shropshire Lad. 

284 Poems of Burns. 

1 Rubaiyat. 

73 Whitman’s Poems. 

23 7 Prose Poems. 
Baudelaire. 

2 Wilde’s Ballad of 
Reading Jail. 

32 Poe’s Poems. 

164 Michael Angelo’s 
Sonnets. 

71 Poems of Evolution. 





POCKET SERIES 


146 Snow-Bound. Pied 
Piper. 

79 Enoch Arden. 

68 Shakespeare’s Sonnets. 
281 Lays of Ancient Rome. 
173 Vision of Sir Launfal. 
222 The Vampire. Kipling. 

Science 

\ 

445 Psychical Research. 

Vol. 1. Carrington. 

446. Psychical Research. 
Vol. 2. Carrington. 

13 Man and His Ancestors. 
Fenton. 

447 Auto-Suggestion— 

How It Works. 

William J. Felding. 

408 Introduction to 
Einstein. Hudgings. 

409 Great Men of Science. 
47 Animals of Ancient 

Seas. Fenton. _ 

274 Animals of Ancient 
Lands. Fenton. 

327 Ice Age. Finger. 

321 History of Evolution. 
217 Puzzle of Personality. 
—Psycho-Analysis. 

190 Psycho-Analysis. 
Fielding. 

140 Biology and Spiritual 
Philosophy. 

275 Building of Earth. 

49 Evolution. Haeckel. 

4 2 Origin of Human Race. 
238 Reflections on Science. 
Huxley. 

202 Survival of Fittest. 
Tichenor. 

191 Evolution vs. Religion. 
Balmforth. 


63 

133 Electricity Explained. 

92 Hypnotism Made Plain. 
53 Insects and Men. 

. 189 Eugenics. Ellis. 

Series of Debates 

130 Controversy. Ingersoll 
and Gladstone. 

43 Marriage and Divorce. 
Greeley and Owen. 

208 Debate on Birth Con¬ 
trol. Mrs. Sanger and 
Russell. 

129 Rome or Reason. In¬ 
gersoll and Manning. 
122 Spiritualism. Doyle 
and McCabe. 

171 Has Life Any Meaning? 

Harris and Ward. 

206 Capitalism. Seligman 
and Nearing. 

234 McNeal-Sinclair Debate 
on Socialism. 

Miscellaneous 

342 Hints on News Report¬ 
ing. 

326 Hints on Short Stories. 
192 Book of Synonyms. 

25 Rhyming Dictionary. 

78 How to Be an Orator. 
82 Faults in English. 

127 What Expectant Moth¬ 
ers Should Know. 

81 Care of the Baby. 

136 Child Training. 

137 Home Nursing. 

14 What Every Girl 

Should Know. 

Mrs. Sanger. 



64 POCKET 

©1 Manhood: Facts of 
Life. 

83 Marriage. Besant. 

74 On Threshold of Sex. 

98 How to Love. 

172 Evolution of Love. 


SERIES 

203 Rights of Women. 

Ellis. 

209 Aspects Birth Control. 
93 How to Live 100 Years. 
167 Plutarch’s Rules of 
Health. 

320 Prince. Machiavelli. 



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